diff --git a/include/linux/stop_machine.h b/include/linux/stop_machine.h
index 0adedca24c5b..0e1b1540597a 100644
--- a/include/linux/stop_machine.h
+++ b/include/linux/stop_machine.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static inline int try_stop_cpus(const struct cpumask *cpumask,
  * grabbing every spinlock (and more).  So the "read" side to such a
  * lock is anything which disables preemption.
  */
-#if defined(CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
 
 /**
  * stop_machine: freeze the machine on all CPUs and run this function
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int stop_machine(cpu_stop_fn_t fn, void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus);
 
 int stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu(cpu_stop_fn_t fn, void *data,
 				   const struct cpumask *cpus);
-#else	 /* CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE && CONFIG_SMP */
+#else	/* CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 static inline int stop_machine(cpu_stop_fn_t fn, void *data,
 				 const struct cpumask *cpus)
@@ -137,5 +137,5 @@ static inline int stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu(cpu_stop_fn_t fn, void *data,
 	return stop_machine(fn, data, cpus);
 }
 
-#endif	/* CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE && CONFIG_SMP */
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_STOP_MACHINE */
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c24b6f767bf0..235c7a2c0d20 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2030,13 +2030,6 @@ config INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	  it was better to provide this option than to break all the archs
 	  and have several arch maintainers pursuing me down dark alleys.
 
-config STOP_MACHINE
-	bool
-	default y
-	depends on (SMP && MODULE_UNLOAD) || HOTPLUG_CPU
-	help
-	  Need stop_machine() primitive.
-
 source "block/Kconfig"
 
 config PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
index 867bc20e1ef1..a3bbaee77c58 100644
--- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
+++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static int __init cpu_stop_init(void)
 }
 early_initcall(cpu_stop_init);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU)
 
 static int __stop_machine(cpu_stop_fn_t fn, void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
@@ -631,4 +631,4 @@ int stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu(cpu_stop_fn_t fn, void *data,
 	return ret ?: done.ret;
 }
 
-#endif	/* CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE */
+#endif	/* CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */